"Bride Ninety-One"
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Short story
Year: 1967
ID: 116
Publication history:
- 1967: Worlds of If September 1967, Magazine
- 1969: Dimension Thirteen, Ballantine Mass market paperback, 215 pp.
- 1971: Eva en de Dreieentwintig Adams, Bruna , ISBN 90-229-9008-7, 156 pp., in Dutch as Bruid 91
- 1979: The Songs of Summer, Gollancz Hard cover book, ISBN 0575025654, 173 pp.
- 1981: The Songs of Summer, Pan Mass market paperback, ISBN 0330263153
- 1982: Les Chants de l'été, J'ai lu Mass market paperback, ISBN 2277213926, 245 pp., in French as L'pouse 91
- 1995: The Ultimate Alien, , 313 pp.
- 1997: Ringing the Changes (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 5), HarperCollins UK Trade paperback, ISBN 0-586-21373-2, 359 pp.
- 2002: Le Chemin de la nuit: Nouvelles au fil du temps, tome 1, 1953-1970, Flammarion Trade paperback, ISBN 2080682350, 727 pp., in French as L'pouse 91
Other resources:
[None on record]
Comments:
In this relatively distant future, inter-species marriage has become popular, but that's not why Paul Clay married Landy, who is Suvornese. They're genuinely attracted to each other in spite of the physical differences. Of course it will take more than imagination and agility to overcome the cultural and ethical differences... but luckily it's only the standard six-month contract.